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The Central IL Abortion Coalition is going to be counter-protesting Illinois Right to Life's dollar store version of the March for Life. If you'll be free anytime between 11am and 3pm on the 25th, feel free to come on down to the Capitol building to keep Illinois a pro-choice state.

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Here's a post I meant to make two weeks ago; back in February, the DSA helped out with Warm Meal Wednesdays at Intricate Minds. I made some vegan fried rice, Salem made the spiciest rice and beans I've ever witnessed, and a couple other people brought stuff. Afterwards, we had our weekly meeting.

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I was broke as fuck before Trumps inaguration, I was always gonna be broke as fuck for the rest of this year. But now, a lot of the people who sold out my rights for money are gonna be joining me. And I'll help 'em as much as I can, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't take some joy in it.

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While I have been very consistent in my official position that all violence is bad, except the violence committed by the state; literally deporting protestors seems like it should be a line in the sand. Hopefully the LLDSA will have more ways people can help soon.

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Land of Lincoln DSA is joining other DSA chapters in demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil. This is a fascist attempt to erode civil rights that countless before us fought and died for. Add your name to the millions demanding his release - Michael actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

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Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.

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This is Dirt, my pet lizard, and I love her.

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Another monday, another comms meeting. My proposal to restrict in-branch communications to trained carrier ants was shot down due to being financially prohibitive and being actually literally the stupidest thing Salem has ever heard in their entire life. Ron, Tech Coordinator

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Y’all will be out here demanding people virtue signal their desire for violent revolution on the internet during a fascist regime and all I have to say is this… Every time I see one of y’all make that demand, I know YOU are the one too cowardly to do anything at all.

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Borders are fake, except the border separating Ohio from the Midwest. That one is real and must be protected at all costs.

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"success should not be a way of operationalizing necessity"- Eli Erlick

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No seriously, do it.

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Democratic Party leadership putting on a masterclass in quiet quitting

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I finished “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which is about the author’s travels to Senegal, South Carolina, and Palestine; he explores the throughlines between these places’ specific histories and much else. There will be a panel discussion about this book at the Lincoln Library on Monday! —Wrik

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My contribution to Elon's dumb fucking email thing

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Don't get me wrong, having a consistent sleep schedule is great and everything, but now that I've gotten used to one, working through an entire day on 3 hours of sleep is significantly more difficult than I remember it being.

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Question for all my friends who know about investing and responsible banking. Is -$80.21 a good bank balance to have? It is isn't it?

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The only thing liberal about me is my use of seasonings (Put curry powder in your homemade mac and cheese) (This is also a liberal call out post. Y'all suck, move further left ya pansies)

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New politician test: “Are trans rights human rights?” If they answer ANYTHING other than an immediate YES, walk away while saying “I’m not voting for you.”

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors

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UnitedHealthcare just appointed a new CEO after the murder of its previous one by alleged gunman Luigi Mangione. The new CEO fought government regulators' attempts to rein in health insurer use of algorithms to deny care

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Right now, the thing that matters more than anything else, is that you care enough to help whoever you can, and then just, actually help them as much as you can. Knowing people who survived the first administration, and people who didn't...

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We need help. You were amazing in our EOY drive. We were able to pay our December bills. But our monthly donations come to about $245. Our costs just for keeping the office open is $1,500. We hate asking for help like this, but we need it. Thank you.

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Little late on this one, but here are some pictures of two of our officers, Ron and Salem, helping out at a local unhoused outreach center called Intricate Minds. Salem is the one throwing out garbage. Ron (that's me!) is the one with his back turned to the camera for some reason.

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If I see a single one of you MF’s chewing out another leftist for a minor infraction or imperfection in an era where the richest man alive is doing Nazi salutes on live television, I swear to god I’m going to personally grab you by the hair and force you to touch grass.

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Remember, there's a rally in Springfield tomorrow to protest Trumps inauguration. As long as we have community, we'll never have to fight our battles alone.

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